Taste New Orleans: Bourbon BBQ Shrimp

Enjoy this recipe from the Bourbon House in New Orleans. Chef Darin Nesbit's recipe for Bourbon BBQ Shrimp offers a unique taste of this classic New Orleans dish.

Ingredients:

1 t garlic,
chopped

1 T butter

1 lb peeled
shrimp

3 T
Worcestershire sauce

1 T Crystal hot
sauce

1 lemon, juice
only

1 T cane
vinegar

1 T cane syrup

2 t Creole
seasoning

2 t cracked
black pepper

1 t bourbon

1 C, Butter,
chilled and chopped

1 fresh
rosemary, minced

Method of Preparation:

Lightly sauté
the garlic in 1 T of butter in a medium sauté pan. Add the shrimp and cook for
1 minute on each side. Increase the heat to high and add the Worcestershire
sauce, hot sauce, lemon juice, cane vinegar, cane syrup, Creole seasoning and
cracked pepper. Add the bourbon and stir to deglaze the sauté pan. Cook until
reduced by half.

Reduce the heat
to medium and add the remaining butter one piece at a time, mixing until
completely incorporated after each addition and cooking until the sauce is thickened
enough to coat the spoon. Stir in the rosemary.